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I succeeded in getting hold of some old Government Wagons & having them repaired at a heavy expence started for Fort Cobb, which point I reached late in December & found the Indians very much scattered owing to a very large military force having here collected at that place & the Country under Martial law, | I succeeded in getting hold of some old Government Wagons & having them repaired at a heavy expence started for Fort Cobb, which point I reached late in December & found the Indians very much scattered owing to a very large military force having here collected at that place & the Country under Martial law, | ||
After a great deal of persuasion and kindness they were induced to come in and have ever since remained upon their reservation. | After a great deal of persuasion and kindness they were induced to come in and have ever since remained upon their reservation. | ||
I at once commenced making preparations towards their settlement getting plows, seeds &c. breaking land and planting was pushing matters so that I had [illegible], very much to my own | I at once commenced making preparations towards their settlement getting plows, seeds &c. breaking land and planting was pushing matters so that I had [illegible], very much to my own and the Indians satisfaction, when I was relieved. The result of my operations has shown itself in a good crop of corn, oaks &c, melons, Pumpkins &c. | ||
and the Indians satisfaction, when I was relieved. The result of my operations has shown | The property held by my predecessor, I found very much scattered over the country, but I have succeeded in getting a great deal of it together thro the assistance of the General, Comd'g. this | ||
itself in a good crop of corn, oaks &c, melons, Pumpkins &c. | |||
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I succeeded in getting hold of some old Government Wagons & having them repaired at a heavy expence started for Fort Cobb, which point I reached late in December & found the Indians very much scattered owing to a very large military force having here collected at that place & the Country under Martial law,
After a great deal of persuasion and kindness they were induced to come in and have ever since remained upon their reservation.
I at once commenced making preparations towards their settlement getting plows, seeds &c. breaking land and planting was pushing matters so that I had [illegible], very much to my own and the Indians satisfaction, when I was relieved. The result of my operations has shown itself in a good crop of corn, oaks &c, melons, Pumpkins &c.
The property held by my predecessor, I found very much scattered over the country, but I have succeeded in getting a great deal of it together thro the assistance of the General, Comd'g. this